State v. Cooper

¶ 1 Kristin Cooper (Cooper) appeals from findings of fact, conclusions of law, and order of the Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Gallatin County, denying her motion to suppress evidence of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs (DUI). We affirm.

¶2 The issue on appeal is whether Trooper Kloster had particularized suspicion to stop Cooper’s truck.

BACKGROUND

¶3 Just after 11:00 on the snowy evening of March 8,2008, Montana State Trooper Adam Kloster (Kloster) was working a special event known as the Dirt Bag Ball at Buck’s T-4 on Highway 191 south of Big Sky. Kloster knew that Buck’s…